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Erewash Canal near Green's Lock, Larklands, Ilkeston, 1979

Image refDCCS001330

Credit
M Jobling

photographerJobling, M

ImageDate28 August 1979

LocationErewash Canal

TownIlkeston,_Larklands

About this image

Looking north-east from the towpath north of Green's Lock. The landscaped spoil heap belonging to Cossall Colliery (closed 1965) can be seen in the background. The footbridge in front of this(since replaced) spans the Erewash Valley main railway line.
The Erewash Canal runs for 12 miles (19 km) from the River Trent via Long Eaton, Sandiacre and Ilkeston to Langley Mill and includes 14 locks. The Canal was engineered by John Varley and opened in 1779 at a cost of £21,000. Serving the industrialised Erewash Valley with its many coal mines, iron works and factories, it remained a useful transport artery well into the 20th century and it was only after World War Two that it began to fall into disuse. The section north of Gallows Inn at Ilkeston up to Langley Mill was declared unnavigable in 1962 and closure was proposed. The Erewash Canal Preservation and Development Association was formed in 1968 and after much restoration work the Canal was reopened throughout. In the 1980s it was duly upgraded from a 'remainder' waterway to 'cruiseway' status.

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